Wednesday, November 14, 2012

ART + BEAT

The rich rich rich all sent their minions to Sotheby's last night to get a few baubles to put under their Christmas tree, early!


 Mark Rothko
 " No.1 ( Royal Red and Blue ) "
1954
The painting had been in the collection of former Sotheby's president John Marion since 1982 - the buyer chose to remain anonymous

75,122,500!!!

Jackson Pollock
"Number 4, 1951"
oil, enamel and aluminum paint on canvas, 1951
30 1/8 by 25 in.
Est. $25/35 million
Sold for $40,402,500

Willem de Kooning
"Abstraction"
Executed circa 1949
Est. $15/20 million
Sold for $19,682,500
Andy Warhol
"Green Disaster (Green Disaster Twice)"
Acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas, 1963
48 x 41¾ in
Est. In the region of $12 million
Sold for $15,202,500



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